The Miracle of the Sun, also known as the Miracle of Fatima, was an event that occurred on October 13, 1917 in Cova da Iria, near Fatima. Months earlier, the little shepherds Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia reported that in the apparition of May 13, the Virgin Mary had promised them a miracle to occur on October 13 in Cova da Iria so that everyone would believe in her apparitions. According to many witnesses’ indications, on that day, after a heavy rain, the clouds dissipated, and the sun appeared as an opaque disk spinning in the sky. Some witnesses claim that it was not the sun, but a disk in solar proportions, similar to the moon, accompanied by multicolored lights, which were reflected in the landscape, people and surrounding clouds. Many people thought it was the end of the world. Witnesses reported that previously wet earth and clothes became completely dry in a short period of time, and also reported unexplained healings of paralytics and the blind, and other unexplained illnesses, in several cases proven also by testimonies of doctors. The event was officially accepted as a miracle by the Catholic Church on October 13, 1930